text:
"He who can go to the fountain
does not go to the water-jar."
I have more respect for Leonardo than for any other curious human I've ever heard of. He may have been the most restless investigator of all. Kenneth Clark called him "the most relentlessly curious man in history." He was also weird, surpassingly weird, in his interests, which were as wide and unexpected as the limits of imagination.
His notebooks were filled with observations, math equations, drawings of sawed-open skulls, of severed arteries, of water eddies, of explosions and flying machines, full also of to-do lists that chronicle his boundless curiosity. Walter Isaacson collected some samples from one day's entry:
"Measure Milan and its suburbs.
Get the master of arithmetic to show you
how to square a triangle.
Ask Giannino the Bombardier
about how the tower of Ferrara is walled.
Describe the tongue of a woodpecker.
Ask Benedetto Protinari by what means
they walk on ice in Flanders.
Get a master of hydraulics to tell you how to
repair a lock, canal and mill in the Lombard manner.
Go every Saturday to the hot bath where
you will see naked men.
Observe the goose's foot; if it were always open
or always closed the creature would not be able
to make any kind of movement.
Draw Milan.
Get the measurement of the sun promised me by
Maestro Giovanni Francese, the Frenchman."
What I hope you'll notice and find inspiring is that Leonardo took nothing for granted, cultivated sources that would provide him the information he sought, and prized most of all his own observations or the direct testimony of other keen observers.
from Leonardo's notebook
He went to the fountain,
not to the water-jar.
When Google leads you to a magazine article that says, "The study concluded that the earth is not actually getting warmer," you're drinking from the water-jar. You can either trust Coalminer Times, or you can be like Leonardo. Follow the lead back to the fountain. Find the study that did the testing and tracked the temperatures and drew the conclusions. See for yourself what conclusions they drew.
Are they the same conclusions Coalminer Times reported them to be? Who conducted the study? Who financed it? Was it someone interested in tracking the earth's temperature? Or was it someone interested in promoting coal?
If the study turns out to be a collection of other people's opinions, you've found the tank from which the jars were filled. Keep looking. The world is full of water tanks and water jars tainted with water from suspect sources. And very few fountains.
Isaacson, W. (2018). Leonardo Da Vinci. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.
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Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.
Writing has not always been my strength so this paper was very difficult for me. Throughout the process I've learned to take my time and do as much research as possible before hand. I was confused as to how this essay should even start off in the beginning because I didn't feel comfortable enough and because I didn't want it to go in the wrong direction. As you read all the information will piece together and prove my thesis.
Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities.
In this research paper I wanted to lay off giving my opinion. I wanted to use as much data as possible to show that these are all real-life studies that are being taken very seriously. Without using found sources there would be no point in doing the research, so I used my sources where I thought they educated best.
Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.
I wrote my research paper to be as informative as possible. Although I wanted to prove my thesis I also thought it was important to educate my audience at the same time. I defended all arguments with real data found in my sources.
Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.
I've located, evaluated, and incorporated all information in every section needed to support my ideas. Every point was proven with real research and real studies.
Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citation.
Anything taken from a source is quoted and the publisher is acknowledged and given full credit. I respected all ethical responsibilities and provided my information fairly.
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Get your head in the Game (Definition)
Although professional football players are aware of the dangers of playing the game, they still continue to play. It's a lifestyle for them. Today the game of football has grown to be much more physical and aggressive than in the past. Players of young age are coming into the league much bigger, stronger, and faster than your average veteran. It's like a new generation of football. With that being said more injuries to the head are being reported and more players are in need of time off because of them.
A concussion is a mild form of traumatic brain injury that affects how your brain functions. These effects can be short-term, lasting only a few hours or a couple of days, or cause long-term problems (Utah Health, 2016). When players trade blows to the head it causes the head and brain to move back and forward rapidly causing the brain to hit the skull and twist. It damages the delicate cells and structures inside the brain which can cause physical and chemical changes in your brain to affect how it functions.
Approximately 300,000 sport-related concussions occur in the United States annually, and the likelihood of serious injury may increase with repeated head injury (NCAA Concussion Study, 2003). A prospective cohort study of incident and recurrent concussions in a defined group of collegiate athletes was taken place for 3 football seasons, a total of 2,905 players were studied.
The study resulted in 196 reported concussions among 184 players. Of the 196 incident concussions, 94 were included in the assessment group. The overall rate of incident concussion was 0.81 per 1000 athlete exposures. The rate in Division III was also higher than the rates in Divisions I and II (NCAA Concussion Study, 2003).
If serious, concussions may also cause headache, a temporary loss of consciousness, feeling as if your brain is in a fog, delayed response to questions, dizziness, ringing in your ears, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, blurred vision, and sensitivity to light and sound (Utah Health, 2016). Concussions have an effect on the human brain that is unlike any other injury. Those involved in sports that engage in the most contact are more likely to suffer from injuries such as a concussion. Players who have experienced a concussion for themselves are sometimes hesitant about going back on the field to potentially relive the horror moment that put them out of the game in the first place.
Concussions can also have long-term effects on an individual. Some symptoms of a concussion develop hours or even days after the traumatic brain injury. Although, most people that suffer from a concussion only see short-term effects there are cases where people have to suffer long-term. Long-term effects of a concussion can include trouble concentrating, memory problems, irritability and other personality changes, sensitivity to light and noise, sleep disturbances, depression and other psychological problems, and disorders of smell and taste (Utah Health, 2016). Some people even suffer from post-concussion syndrome, which is where they seem to still experience symptoms even after it has been six weeks since the injury has occured. What some may fail to realize is that, the more concussions a person has than the more long-term effects an individual may suffer from. This can also occur if one rushes into returning to the same activity that landed them with the concussion itself in the first place (football) without letting their brain fully heal. It is important to let your brain heal to the fullest, because one wrong move can potentially set that person back even further than before.
Concussions: How They Can Affect You Now and Later . (n.d.). Retrieved from https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2016/11/concussion.php
Guskiewicz, K. M., & ATC. (2003, November 19). Cumulative Effects Associated With Recurrent Concussion in Collegiate Football Players. Retrieved from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/197667
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Technology Arises (Rebuttal)
Technology is at a stage where it can resolve all problems. It has risen to be one of the most dependable sources in our present time. Technology has the power to even stop concussions occurring in our most dangerous sports, like football. Every year, thousands of football players suffer from mild concussions. Concussions occur when the brain moves and collides with the skull. In contrast to the publicly available data on the safety of automobiles, consumers have no analytical mechanism to evaluate the protective performance of football helmets. A new mechanism called the "STAR Evaluation system" was brainstormed and can be used to evaluate helmet performance by integrating player head impact exposure and risk of concussion. The Summation of Tests for the Analysis of Risk (STAR) equation relates on-field impact exposure to a series of 24 drop tests performed at four impact locations and six impact energy levels(Rowson & Duma, 2011). Using 62,974 head acceleration data points collected from football players, the number of impacts experienced for one full season was translated to 24 drop test configurations (Rowson & Duma, 2011). From those tests a new injury risk function was developed from 32 measured concussions and associated exposure data to assess risk of concussion for each impact. The data from all 24 drop tests was combined into one number using the STAR formula that incorporates the predicted exposure and injury risk for one player for one full season of practices and games. The new STAR evaluation equation provided consumers with a great tool to assess the relative performance of football helmets. With that being said coaches must be very attentive to their players and the number of impact blows taken to the head because with this new technology in effect it will be their job to monitor. It is ultimately up to coaches to keep their players safe and to follow the guidelines of this new product. It was tested to its ability and the results speak for themselves.
Overall, impacts to the front of the helmet occurred most frequently, and were followed by impacts to the rear, top, and side of the helmet. Using these percentages, the number of impacts to each impact location for a single player participating in a complete season were computed based on the assumption that a total of 1,000 head impacts were experienced. This transformation gives that for a single season, a player will experience 347 impacts to the front of the helmet, 319 impacts to the rear of the helmet, 171 impacts to the top of the helmet, and 163 impacts to the sides of the helmet. Being that I played football my whole life I can standby these results (Rowson & Duma, 2011). Throughout a full season a player goes through a significant amount of hits to the head whether it's during practice or in a game, the numbers add up well.
This past season the NFL had launched an Injury Reduction Plan with the plan to reduce the incidence of concussions in the 2018 season. The NFL had a 16 percent increase in concussions during the 2017 season. NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills set a call-to-action to reduce concussions.
"We see our job in player health and safety to have the very best care for our patients as possible—in terms of prevention, in terms of treating and diagnosing injuries, and doing rehabilitation for those injuries—so we can keep our players as safe as possible," said Dr. Sills.
NFL leaders, clubs and the wide variety of experts in medicine, engineering and scienctists for the NFL brainstormed a three-part approach to reduce injury. The NFL also created an educational video for players, coaches and club personnel about the concussion reduction strategy (Sills, 2018).
The NFL made 3 categories that will experience change and improvement they are the following:
1. Preseason Practices
Sills wants to start the concussion reduction to start in the preseason practices. He wants practices to be supervised and drills to be watched incase anything brings risk of concussion. His main goal is to drive the number down.
The NFL is sharing information across the league to educate, stimulate change and enhance player safety—including information about the causes of concussion, the helmets players wear, and injury data analysis, such as preseason practice concussion data (Sills, 2018)
Better Performing Helmets
The second part of the Injury Reduction Plan is a goal to get players out of old-age helmets and to get them into modern day performing helmets in an effort to decrease the risk of injury. Each year, helmets go into laboratory testing by biomechanical engineers in-partner with the NFL and the NFL Players Association. Their goals are to determine which helmets are more durable and reduce head impact and injury. The results of the laboratory tests are printed onto posters and shared with NFL players, club equipment managers, along with club medical, training and coaching staffs. In 2018, based on the results of this study and the opinions of the biomechanical experts involved, the NFL and NFLPA will prohibit 10 helmet models from being worn by NFL players (Sills, 2018). No helmet can completely protect a player from serious head injuries a player might sustain while playing football.
3. Rules Changes
The third component of the Injury Reduction Plan is the enforcement of rules changes which is made to reduce big hits that can potentially lead to inury. The "Use of the Helmet" rule has been strictly enforced this season. Any player to make helmet-to-helmet contact will result in an automatic flag and first down, possibly a fine depending on how dangerous the hit was. The NFL is leveraging data in an effort to improve player safety and evolve the game.
Rowson, S., & Duma, S. M. (2011, May 07). Development of the STAR Evaluation System for Football Helmets: Integrating Player Head Impact Exposure and Risk of Concussion. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10439-011-0322-5
The 2018 Injury Reduction Plan: Initiatives to Advance Player Health and Safety. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.playsmartplaysafe.com/newsroom/videos/2018-injury-reduction-plan-initiatives-advance-player-health-safety/
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End Family Fire
The video opens up on a cartoon train, one that looks like on a child television show. The camera frame is just the cartoon, so the viewer does not know whether or not the show is the entire video or if it is in fact a television show, even though it shows a glare. Then on the next second of the video, it shows a child, a little boy in pajamas, and what is assumed is his father. The director is trying to have an emotional play to families, if a father is watching this ad it is extremely relatable. The middle-class is the most populated class in the country, meaning there is a reasonable chance that a middle-class father is watching this ad. His father is wearing boots, jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, meaning he could be going to work or coming from work. Again, the working class dominates this country and that is more relatable. It does appear to be morning due to the child in pajamas and the sun looks like it is rising. The son could be watching his morning cartoons. The house is clean and well kept, besides the toys on the ground, it appears as a normal middle-class suburban household. The couch cushion in on the ground which seems odd, and there is a normal pillow sitting on top of it. Could mean the father slept there last night, or the young boy sits there and watches his morning cartoons. The whole first two seconds are extremely relatable with a normal middle-class family and targets the emotional side of the viewer. A wife could see that as her husband and son, a father could see that as him and his son. The lighting is bright, causing the viewers to feel at ease and comfortable with the setting. If the lighting was dim and the sun was not out, it could give the viewer an uneasy feeling.
Father in a collar shirt, it is in fact daytime because there are windows in the background. Dad is clean shaven and could be headed to work. He suprised his son and started playing with him as he was watching cartoons. The pillow on the ground indicates some sort of family disfunction. The father could be sleeping on the couch because his significant other and him are going through a rough patch in the relationship. Families in America fight and that thought just makes the scene more relatable. Did not observe any family pictures either on the television stand or hanging up in the dining room, leads the viewer to believe the house is more sterile than it appears with the toys laying out on the floor. Although the boy seems to be loved from the affection he is being shown from his father and the endless number of toys he has, no family pictures signifies a sterile house like feel instead of a warm welcoming home.
The father got off his child, he said goodbye. Father must be preparing for work for the day. Smaller skateboard by the door, probably the boys skateboard. Only one skateboard so more than likely an only child or a much older or younger sibling.
The boy lays on the floor after his father walks away and seems like he is pondering something. Possibly wanting to ask the father a question, but in reference to what? The father started walking over to the kitchen. Older model residence due to the dark wood accents and trim around windows and doorframes, but definitely not outdated. Two used cups on the counter and two used bowls, meaning they already ate breakfast. Father going over to clean the dishes. The cups indicate the wife being home, but she is nowhere to be found around the house.
Father rolling his sleeves up and walking over to the dishes to start cleaning them. Pink flowers in the background on the kitchen table, still look alive and new. Brought them home for his wife who he is currently fighting with in an attempt to make amends. On the table with the dirty dishes, there is a knife within reach of the boy, signifying danger in his young life.
Little boy asks to play with father's gun. Little standing by the front door asking the question, clean house with a toy tank by the skateboard. Boy likes guns and likes violence. The boy does not appear to be ready for school even though he is of age, so most likely a weekend, summer, or a holiday. On the right of the screen, on the counter, there is a box of pancake mix. Father made pancakes for breakfast but there are also two bowls on the kitchen counter and no plates. Possibly made the pancakes for his wife while she is still in bed and she still has the dirty dishes still in bed.
Father and son having a conversation, the father seems surprised by what the boy is saying even though he is standing in the same spot. The camera is close on the boy when he first speaks, as if what he is saying is the whole purpose of the ad, and then when it cuts back onto the boy after the dad, it is a much broader span. The boy then shrugs his shoulders with saying nothing. The broader span signifies it could be a much larger issue being talked about and that it does not only pertain to this single middle-class family.
The father is pouring his glass of coffee but there is another cup next to the coffee machine. He is not pouring it for some reason even though it is being used because it is a clean cup sitting next to the coffee machine.
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Abuse from the Executive
The relationship between the president and the people is transcendent. They are connected unlike any other politician, with the exception of the vice president, not only because that is the only contest that ballots are cast nation-wide, because the office is the face of the government, whether policies and legislation passed, cast a shadow of a good or bad light. The President has responsibilities that differ from other politicians because they need to connect on all levels for the relationship to work, and for the president to not be hated by the general public. The Presidency requires statesmanship, public speaking, and cooperation between all parties. The office is the go-to for citizens and their issues.
"However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion." George Washingtonuttered those words during his farewell address to the people of the United States, forewarning the nation that political parties has the potential to tear this nation apart at the seams. President Washington's theory was that political parties would undermine the foundations that people were killed over when the founding fathers were putting the framework in place. Citizens thinking would differ from one stance to another, solely based on the fact that their party aligns with thinking, even if you don't. People would blindly vote with their party which would impede the free-thinking country that the United States is destined to be.
The founding fathers needed a new way of thinking and needed it quick. They needed concepts such as leadership, who would run the government, how they would run the government, how citizens would be appointed to positions, and what powers those officials would have when elevated in such places. One of the most important and momentous statute that was implemented was the separation of powers. The separation of powers or checks and balances as they are more commonly referred too, allows the three branches of government, the Executive, Legislative and Judicial, to operate freely within their respective constraints granted by the Constitution. More importantly, the Second Article defines where all branches must pull back regulation due to potential interference with other branches. Granted to the leader of the Executive Branch, an extremely vague proclamation giving the President the sole power to correct any legislation that they do not feel best fits the people of the United States. The decree is known as an Executive Order and the President himself is the solitary owner of the ability to use such order. Executive Orders, unlike memorandums, cannot exceed the cost to the tax payer of one hundred million dollars. Executive orders are required to be posted to the Federal Register, making them easier to track. An executive order is not clearly defined in the Constitution, or any other official document, but is only known as ensuring the president "…take care that the laws be faithfully executed." Each major party has a skewed interpretation of the text, favoring the laws they or their base want passed, which overall does not favor bi-partisan lawmaking.
The second article, although giving the American people the most ambiguous definition, gives us the clearest text related to the Executive Orders by stating, "…executive order can be used to execute a power the commander in chief already has. It can't be used to give the presidency new powers." Executive orders while vague in every definition are quite restrictive; the president cannot expand his role within the government despite the scope of broadness used in the constitution. All orders while not needing approval of Congress or other branches have to go through many stipulations in order to actually be "executed" or put in place. Every executive order is subject to scrutiny from the supreme court and frankly, the entirety of the country. The executive order is not necessarily total and final and can be overturned by Congress or deemed unconstitutional by the supreme court. The President also has the ability to veto Congress if he feels that a law which was passed does not best serve the country. If a law was passed conventionally through Congress, by whipping the proper number of votes together and receiving the majority of the "yay" vote, the President can veto said law very easily by not signing off when it comes to his desk for its final sign off. Just as the President can veto, Congress can overturn the Executive Orders with 2/3 majority of the vote. 2/3 majority of the vote seems very possible to the novice politician because Congress is a group of elected men and women who run their campaigns on the promise of togetherness and teamwork, but when it comes down to it, politicians are in it for themselves and remain focused on reelection. The rarity of overturning an executive order through the House and Senate is due to the non-cohesiveness of the body of the Congress and the "Washington congestion" that is so widely spoken about but not truly addressed.
Other branches oversee one another, to watch over the government and not allow one body who governs this nation to become too strong. In the 1800's Andrew Jackson cleaned house and relieved all government employees from their duties and replaced them with new, like-minded men whose beliefs aligned with his thinking. Daniel Webster, a politician who was elected to The House and later the Senate, was staunchly against President Jacksons order and said, "The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power." Webster feared that the founding father's idea of keeping power hungry officials at bay was quickly unraveling and that the President would slowly pick away and see what would be allowed until more radical orders would be accepted by the courts and Congress. Around the same time as when Andrew Jackson was replacing his government with his newly appointed workers, President Lincoln did not fear that Jackson overstepped the boundaries granted to him by the Constitution. President Lincoln did fear that one day Caesarian dangers could be the downfall to the republic if overstepping in the Executive branch were to happen too often and continued to be accepted by the public. Lincoln stated "…intoxication with their own supremacy…" in fright that the duly elected President could become so self-absorbed and power hungry that they sometimes overstep their roles and not always get caught and reeled back into their boundaries.
For generations, political leaders as well as the general public kept tabs on the President, making sure he does not impede on other officials and violates the constitution by issuing an unconstitutional Executive Order. If the President does overstep their boundary, there are steps set in place to either correct or revoke the political action set forth, ensuring the boundaries are respected.
Bill Clinton, in 1992, was elected to the highest office in the land, the President of the Unites States after defeating the incumbent two term Vice President, George H.W. Bush. While elevated to the role of President, President Clinton issued254 Executive Orders during his presidency and in 1995, he passed the controversial Executive Order 12954. EO 12954 was an order barring the federal government from entering into contracts with contractors who hired permanent workers for striking employees. President Clinton understood the unions and that they band together at times of distress, to use striking as an effective tool in an attempt to obtain better working conditions or represent their mistreatment. This kind of backing of the unions is unprecedented because Federal Contracts were always a safe bet for contractors when in desperate need of a contract. Federal contracts could range anywhere from a couple thousands of dollars, all the way to $43 billion dollars and anywhere in between, and if your company happened to hire replacement workers just to fulfill that contract, then that offer will become void, possibly causing a substantial loss for the bidding company. President Clintons driving force behind the order was to ensure the productivity of the federal government remains at peak levels and should not be affected by the relationship between the employer and employee.
Unfortunately for President Clinton, EO 12954 was nullified by the 104thCongress when Congressman William Goodling introduced resolution 1176. HR 1176 stated, "…the passage of EO 12954 seriously diminished the system of collective bargaining, which was an effective tool of unions and other blue-collar groups." Both sides of the aisle agreed with the resolution because the balance of interests and risks between labor and their management is a fine line that should not be hindered or tampered with by a third party.
The nullification of EO 12954 was not the first time an executive order has been overturned on the grounds of it being unconstitutional or overreaching. In 1952 President Truman issued EO 1034 when he took control of the steel mills in an attempt to prevent the labor strikes from affecting the output of the nation's most important good. The executive order was struck down from the courts shortly after its' introduction, due to the executive branch overstepping into the legislative branch. The courts said, in their decision to nullify EO 1034 that executive orders must stem from an act of Congress or the Constitution itself, giving more clarity on how executive orders can be utilized legally. Ever since the revocation of EO 1034, Presidents are more likely to use a lot of the same verbiage from previous successful executive orders. The Clinton administration did not attempt to pass legislation the conventional way yet escalated to the use of the executive order in a short amount of time. If President Clinton thought he could get the legislation passed by going through the house and senate, why did he not go to the chambers of the legislative branch and present his case in a clear-cut argument? The fact that if the President is not a good enough statesman, if he lacks negotiation skills or has nothing to barter in a trade with other congressmen, they are forced to utilize the executive order to show to the people that they are at the very minimum, exasperating all options to further their parties' interests.
When Congress or the Supreme deem it necessary to intervene in the passage of an Executive Order, it is not taken lightly by the rest of the government or the President himself. The body of the government who wishes to see the order revoked must have clear and concise reasoning for why they feel the order is either unconstitutional or an act of overstepping. The White House did not do much to combat the fact that the Presidents Executive Order was revoked, instead they turned to the means of conventional legislation in the House and Senate to get more protections for the union employees.
Let's remember, the sole purpose of executive orders is for the President to act in the good will of the American people and to ensure the Constitution is being upheld faithfully. At what point do Presidents take advantage of the privilege and use it without being blind to partisanship? Upholding the Constitution should automatically mean for the good of the nation, but nowadays it seems like orders are for the good of the party. Did President Clinton know executive order 12954 was going to be shot down shortly after introduction? Did he want to show the unions he stands with the workers? President Clinton would've collected millions of votes if the unions backed him. The election was only a year or so out when the order was issued and if he could get the backing from the very wealthy, powerful and enormous labor unions across the country, he would've been in a great position. President Clinton, like every President before and after him, sworn under oath to uphold the ways of the country set in place by the founding fathers and agreed to do so. If the President starts waving the executive order power around and uses it solely to forward their agenda, did the founding fathers really set their predecessors up for success?
If an executive order was viewed on by the public as a partisan tool for either party to gain more seats in the house, to win more elections, to please a wealthy donor who supports their super pac, can it really be overturned if it was not deemed unconstitutional? Executive order 12954 wasn't overturned because President Clinton was trying to please potential voters, it wasn't turned over because he basically abused a power bestowed to him to gain votes, it was overturned because it was unconstitutional. That's it. If it wasn't deemed unconstitutional, the order would likely be in place to this day and President Clinton would have perhaps won the 1996 election by even a larger margin than he originally did.
There is no line whether or not an executive order was issued due to partisanship or for the good of the country, but the courts and elected officials are tasked with the responsibility to ensure the President carries out the will of the people. When President Obama was in office, executive orders were in the forefront due to his use of the policy. People do not see the difference between executive orders and executive actions, so naturally they though the terms were on in the same and accused him of abusing the power. Because President Obama did not have any of his executive orders overturned, does that mean he wasn't abusive to the privilege?
President Obama's executive order 13535, signed in March of 2010, reinforced the administration's commitment to restrict federal funding of abortion. The order was signed after several pro-life democrats advised the president that they will not support his massive overhaul of the nation's health care system if he did not take major steps to strengthen the language of the restriction of federal funds for abortion. Executive order 13535 was a show of commitment from Obama to democrats in the house that he is willing to work with his party, only if they are willing to work with him to pass historic legislation that is on the horizon. An executive order regarding abortion funding was not overturned, but an order effecting government agencies and which companies are granted contracts was nullified for being unconstitutional. President Obama used the executive order policy to advance his agenda, to please sitting politicians so they will vote his way when he introduces the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, which affects every single American. Obamacare makes it mandatory for Americans who don't have healthcare for more than three months, to be taxed at a penalty of 2.5% of your annual income. If executive order 13535 had never been passed, who knows if President Obama would've had enough votes to pass Obamacare.
Executive orders were never meant for Presidents to use as a bargaining chip, to give favors to other congressmen and senators in an attempt to get legislation passed that their constituents would like to see passed. The validity of the executive order is deteriorating, it is becoming a propaganda tool of each side of the aisle. When one party uses it, the other side will call it an abuse of power and demand the criteria to issue one it to be more scrutinized or completely done away with all together. The media in modern day politics is rarely unbiased, and either supports or creates a divide with any agenda, regardless of political preference. The premise of an honest government who fails to lie and succeeds in telling the truth is watered down and virtually non-existent with back door deals and him or her only looking out for themselves, making sure they always win the next election.
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Concussions Matter
A concussion is a mild form of traumatic brain injury that affects how your brain functions. These effects can be short-term, lasting only a few hours or a couple of days, or cause long-term problems (Utah Health, 2016). When players trade blows to the head it causes impact between the brain and the skull. A hit can be so hard that it affects the way a player's brain functions and can also cause long-term damage. Studies show that about 300,000 TBIs occur in sports each year.
In the sport of football, traumatic brain injuries such as concussions have drastically affected hundreds of professional athletes until this day and still have an impact on the game. The NFL will always have cases of concussions no matter what equipment is worn. Concussions have been a serious present issue with players today. The NFL has tried to resolve the number on concussions occurring during seasons by improving equipment, adding concussion protocols, and making rule changes to ensure the safety of playing at all levels of football. Although these changes have improved and decreased the number of concussions occurring, coaches and organizations must focus on High School and College level players because of all the young, developing brains of the athletes. They must understand that concussions are very severe and can cause long-term damage to the brain. It is important to educate them on the issue while they're still taking in everything that comes with playing the game of football. Concussions are a serious injury, and should no longer be taken lightly.
Helmet manufacturers have been trying to reduce the impact of hits to the head with new helmet technology. Over the years several new models of helmets have been improved more and more by the year. The National Operating Committee on Standards tests helmets for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE), which provides voluntary standards that are designed to assess a helmet's ability to prevent skull fracture. These helmets provide bigger and more comfortable padding which only makes the players feel like it's safer than the standard helmet. What it does is make players want to hit harder while completely disregarding a full impact head to head hit. Concussions injure your brain to some extent and they all require time to heal. Brain injury from even the mildest concussions can have short-term and long-term effects. The effects of a concussion can be subtle and change over time. Symptoms can last days, weeks or longer (Utah Health, 2016). Since 2003, researchers have been instrumenting football players with the Head Impact Telemetry (HIT) system to collect head acceleration data each time a player experiences a head impact. The measurement and analysis of head acceleration data collected from these in-helmet accelerometer arrays have been well validated and accepted. The concept of the study was to develop and introduce the concept of a new evaluation system that can be used to provide quantitative insight into the protective performance of football helmets against concussions.
With this in mind, technology is at a stage where it can resolve all problems. It has risen to be one of the most dependable sources in our present time. Technology has the power to even stop concussions occurring in our most dangerous sports, like football. Every year, thousands of football players suffer from mild concussions. Concussions occur when the brain moves and collides with the skull. In contrast to the publicly available data on the safety of automobiles, consumers have no analytical mechanism to evaluate the protective performance of football helmets. A new mechanism called the "STAR Evaluation system" was brainstormed and can be used to evaluate helmet performance by integrating player head impact exposure and risk of concussion. The Summation of Tests for the Analysis of Risk (STAR) equation relates on-field impact exposure to a series of 24 drop tests performed at four impact locations and six impact energy levels(Rowson & Duma, 2011). Using 62,974 head acceleration data points collected from football players, the number of impacts experienced for one full season was translated to 24 drop test configurations (Rowson & Duma, 2011). From those tests a new injury risk function was developed from 32 measured concussions and associated exposure data to assess risk of concussion for each impact. The data from all 24 drop tests was combined into one number using the STAR formula that incorporates the predicted exposure and injury risk for one player for one full season of practices and games. The new STAR evaluation equation provided consumers with a great tool to assess the relative performance of football helmets. With that being said coaches must be very attentive to their players and the number of impact blows taken to the head because with this new technology in effect it will be their job to monitor. It is ultimately up to coaches to keep their players safe and to follow the guidelines of this new product. It was tested to its ability and the results speak for themselves.
NFL Effects
This past season the NFL had launched an Injury Reduction Plan with the aim to reduce the incidence of concussions in the upcoming 2018 season. Following a 16 percent increase in concussions during the 2017 season, NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills issued a call-to-action to reduce concussions. "We see our job in player health and safety to have the very best care for our patients as possible—in terms of prevention, in terms of treating and diagnosing injuries, and doing rehabilitation for those injuries—so we can keep our players as safe as possible," said Dr. Sills. NFL leaders, clubs and the wide variety of experts in medicine, engineering and science who form the NFL medical committees developed a three-pronged approach to drive behavioral changes. The NFL also created an educational video for players, coaches and club personnel about the concussion reduction strategy. "We designed what we think are going to be steps that can immediately impact the number of concussions on our fields," he said. The NFL made 3 categories that will experience change and improvement they are preseason practices, better performing helmets, and rule changes.
Preseason Practices
2. Better Performing Helmets
Rules Changes
Approximately 300,000 sport-related concussions occur in the United States annually, and the likelihood of serious injury may increase with repeated head injury (NCAA Concussion Study, 2003). A prospective cohort study of incident and recurrent concussions in a defined group of collegiate athletes was taken place for 3 football seasons, a total of 2,905 players were studied. The study resulted in 196 reported concussions among 184 players. Of the 196 incident concussions, 94 were included in the assessment group. The overall rate of incident concussion was 0.81 per 1000 athlete exposures. The rate in Division III was also higher than the rates in Divisions I and II (NCAA Concussion Study, 2003).
Effects of Concussions
Concussions can also have long-term effects on an individual. Some symptoms of a concussion develop hours or even days after the traumatic brain injury. Although, most people that suffer from a concussion only see short-term effects there are cases where people have to suffer long-term. Long-term effects of a concussion can include trouble concentrating, memory problems, irritability and other personality changes, sensitivity to light and noise, sleep disturbances, depression and other psychological problems, and disorders of smell and taste (Utah Health, 2016). Some people even suffer from post-concussion syndrome, which is where they seem to still experience symptoms even after it has been six weeks since the injury has occurred. What some may fail to realize is that, the more concussions a person has than the more long-term effects an individual may suffer from. This can also occur if one rushes into returning to the same activity that landed them with the concussion itself in the first place (football) without letting their brain fully heal. It is important to let your brain heal to the fullest, because one wrong move can potentially set that person back even further than before.
In conclusion, concussions are more serious than most people would think. The effects of these traumatic injuries can be life changing, and ruin ones career and lifelong dreams. No matter what equipment is made to decrease a concussion from happening, it will never be sufficient for one to be completely risk-free. It is important to take into consideration that the NFL has even worked diligently on trying to prevent their players from having to suffer from such injury, which is why concussions should be taken even more seriously. Concussions have long-lasting effects, can destroy our youth's both physically and emotionally, and can damage the future for our children when it comes to playing sports and living their life to the fullest.
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0:00 – 0:03 – It starts out zoomed in with the spotlight on an African American woman wearing what could be a gold shirt and in the background behind her are multiple African American women gathered around her. As the picture zooms out you can see that the women are arranged in a way like they are taking a picture. They have on coordinated colors of brown, white, and gold and each of their faces are serious. The frame zooms out into darkness.
0:04-0:07 – A new picture is now on the screen. It shows the same main women in the spotlight but this time she is wearing a graduation cap and gown. As the picture zooms out, it shows that she is with her friends who have also graduated. They are taking a picture with the congratulations banner hanging in the back. The screen then fades to black.
0:08-0:10 – Its now night time and the main woman is now seen at home laying down with her pajamas on. Her facial expression shows that she is upset about something. As the it zooms out, she is laying on an older woman, who could be her mom or grandma. And she is surrounded by a handful of her friends who are consoling her. Screen goes back to black.
0:11-0:14 – This picture shows the main character in a wedding dressing holding a bouquet of white flowers. She is looking down at someone or something. As the frame moves out, she is with those same handful of women who are now her bridesmaid. She is looking down at her friend who seems to be helping her with her shoe. Three other women are helping with her veil and the other three are in the corner sitting down taking a picture.
0:15-0:17 – she is now sitting down in a chair holding her child. On the right of her is an older woman who could be her mom standing over her, admiring the baby. On her left is a man, who is sitting on the floor with his arms rested on arm of the chair. He could be her husband or her brother, he is also admiring the baby.
0:18-0:21 – The spotlight is just on her. She is in her natural sate with some makeup on, the focus is from the shoulders up with a gray background. She is upset about something. Her facial expression shows that she is holding back tears. At the end she slowly puts her head down.
0:22-0:23 – As her head is down and her eyes are still closed but her expression still shows she is upset. The way her forehead is wrinkled, and her eyebrows are scrunched shows that she has her eyes shut tight.
0:24-0:26 – She slowly looks up at the camera. Her eyes first and then her head follows. As this is happening words come up on the screen that says, "knowing your breasts can save your life". Her facial expression now shows that she is upset but also in fear.
0:27-0:37 – the screen is now all black. A website is on the screen with words underneath that say, "for the facts you need on breast health."
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Just one last word before I go.
I wrote these jokes to make a point.
—Knock knock.
—Death who?
—Ultimately, it makes little difference in what form death arrives or by what name we call it. We all go one way or another and while there may be more dignity in some manners of demise, more time to prepare, or less suffering, the ultimate destination couldn't be more similar: gone and gone and gone forever.
For me, they're both funny (for you, maybe neither), but for different reasons. Version 1 is funny because it's quick to point out a universal absurdity. Version 2 is funny because it gets the tone of a knock-knock joke so spectacularly wrong.
In Version 1 we laugh at ourselves for caring what kind of death is knocking. In Version 2 we laugh at the form the joke takes. I think that makes Version 2 a meta-joke, a joke about jokiness.
But that wasn't my point.
My point was there is usually a way to say what you mean that is perfectly appropriate to your intentions, sometimes more than one, but always many, many, many, many, many ways to get the tone all wrong and spoil the effect you were going for, usually by falling for ready-made language or by overwriting what could be written simply.
My point is that when the chicken crosses the road "to get to the other side," we laugh at the well-made joke. We laugh at how badly the joke gets it wrong when the chicken crosses the road "to find itself in sudden and much-valued possession of some other-sidedness."
Which sort of jokes are you writing (Version 1 or Version 2)?
Which sort of jokes are these?:
—How many licensed electricians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
—How can you tell the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer?
—The taste.
Exercise for the Leave a Reply fields below:
Write a joke that gets the tone so wrong that it either dies on the spot or is funny precisely because it upends our expectations.
And if you can't do that in the time available, just share a good (or amusingly bad) joke.
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http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=51072
An unbiased source is always the best source as we have here. This post delves deep into the history of executive order 12954, written by President Clinton in 1995 that was overturned by the Supreme Court for unconstitutional motives. This source gives all details regarding EO 12954 and puts the Secretary of Labor on the forefront, putting them in charge of enforcing the department to abide by the order. The order allows the secretary to terminate the contract for convenience, but the department head may write to the secretary and explain why the workers were replaced, pleading the case.
http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/old-site/InfoByTopic/Reform/Reform_08_12.04.ExecutiveOrders.htm
This source describes where the executive powers come from within the constitution, which is Article 2 section 1, "The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America." Also states that there is no explicit text giving the President the executive order privilege. It hits on the two overturned Executive Orders, EO 1034 which was written by Truman, placing the nations steel mills in control of the government to prevent labor strikes to affect the output of one of the nation's most important good. The order was also overturned because it was determined that it overstepped the executive branch and into the legislation branch. EO 12954 is the topic of my thesis, is when Bill Clinton in 1995 attempted to bar the secretary to not allow any federal contracts to be issued to any organization that hires replacement employees. Executive order, when issued, normally follow the same language as previous orders to reiterate or revamp the previous directive.
http://prospect.org/article/power-act-0
More discussion on Truman's executive order when he attempted to the seize the steel mills in 1952 and how the courts rules that the order must stem from an act of congress or the constitution itself. That ruling is giving a shape to the free forming executive power and was the only writing thus far regarding limits of executive power. The procurement act of 1949 allows the president and his subordinates to make purchases for the executive branch. Speaks more about different executive orders throughout the years by various different presidents. More recently George W. Bush issued an order requiring federals organization that entered into a contract with the government to utilize electronic employment verification to ensure the workers are legal.
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https://www.heritage.org/political-process/heritage-explains/executive-orders
The quote from this article speaks volumes and really hammers home what an executive order is. It states the president does in fact have limits on their usage of the order, but does not give exact parameters, much like in reality where there is no specific text holding the president from issuing orders to effect whichever way of life they wish. This piece also hits on another important line that is common when scouring the internet for articles related to the executive orders, it comes from Article 2 of the Constitution when it defines the role of the President and within the article it states, "…take care that the laws be faithfully executed." This article is interesting because it states that congress has little authority to limit an executive order. Goes into speak about President Clintons executive order and how the federal courts struck it down claiming it exceeded the scope of the presidency. Directly charges the separation of powers as a way to limit the orders coming from the President and acknowledges that the hostility is present. A very useful timeline of famous executive orders is listed with a very brief summary of them. Obama issued the executive order giving amnesty to illegal immigrants, and when the courts stepped in at the state's request, it temporary halted the order. The order from President Obama is still subject to review of the courts for a long time to come. Health care and gun control were the focuses of President Obamas executive orders and critics claimed he took the easy way out after failing to get laws passed the conventional way. So it brings up the ultimate question of using executive orders if the president is not a good enough politician or statesman.
https://share.america.gov/how-u-s-presidents-have-used-executive-orders/
This brief article brings up a topic of an executive compared to a memorandum. The stark differences are that the memorandums do not need to be published in the Federal Register unlike the Executive Orders. If the cost of the memorandum exceeds $100 million, then it needs to be released. If not, like every Executive Order passed regardless of the price, the cost needs to be disclosed.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/cheat-sheet-executive-orders-memorandums-proclamations
Executive action is described as a catch all term used for any action taken by the president, including executive orders. Memorandums are much harder to track because they do not have to be submitted to the Federal Register. This source has all of the numbers of which president had the most to least executive orders and categorized by year.
https://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/5.htm
This short and sweet article explains how the Congress could override the President and how the President can override Congress. The President can overrule Congress with a veto but if 2/3 majority of Congress wants to overturn the veto, keeping their legislation moving, then they have that authority. The most common time this comes to surface is when passing budgets. The President and his cabinet are tasked with creating the ideas and also tasked with getting it passed, but of course Congress could vote against. This theory creates gridlock when trying to pass new legislation, so the President has the power to attempt to vote the Congress members out. Truman did so when he was having a difficult time passing any legislation through the house. He campaigned around the country in an attempt to sway voters to call for new Congressmen, which worked.
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-104hrpt163/html/CRPT-104hrpt163.htm
This piece is the legislation that the 104thcongress passed to nullify Executive Order 12954, prohibiting Federal contractors from entering into contracts over $100,000 who hire permanent replacements for striking employees. William Goodling introduced HR 1176 to the body with an initial cosponsor ship of 29 members, but the day it was ratified, had a sponsorship of 70 members. There had been many hearings in past congresses protecting employers from hiring permanent replacements, until President Clinton introduced EO 12954. There had only been one hearing in the house, heard before the Committee of Economic and Educational Opportunities membership, solely based around the issues raised by HR 1176. The HR bill claimed that the passage of EO 12954 seriously diminished the system of collective bargaining. The foundation is the balancing of the interests and risks between labor and management, so that both parties could agree and move forward from contracts.
https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-obamacare-the-aca-and-what-you-need-to-know-3306065
This article describes Obamacare, which was deemed legal through the eyes of the supreme court, which effected about every American. Obamacare requires citizens to have healthcare for 9 out of the 12 months, and if not, you are taxed at 2.5% of your income. That one part of Obamacare alone effects the entire country including people who did not vote for the act to pass. Regardless of how you feel or your political preferences, you would now be mandated to pay the extra tax if you are without healthcare for some time out of the year.
https://www.factcheck.org/2013/11/keeping-your-health-plan/
This article dives into the truth behind what democrats said during the process of getting Obamacare into law. Obama said families who were happy with their doctors and providers could keep their coverage. In fact, all democrats, in an attempt to appeal to the public, stated that allowing families to keep their doctors, would be their number one concern. Before Obamacare was even written into law, the dialogue did not demand employers to keep their current plan and allowed them to drop or change plans at will. Roughly 10 million people who would normally be covered by employer provided plans would no longer be offered coverage under one of the proposals. Cost effective plans would no longer be legal due to the new minimum requirements for all plans. "Americans who purchase such plans on the individual insurance market have been receiving notices that their current plans will no longer be offered after this year…" which is the opposite of what the democratic leaders stated.
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/daniel_webster_105892?src=t_executive_power
"The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power." Said by Daniel Webster, a politician elected to The House in the early 1800's and later elected to the Senate. President Andrew Jackson fired over 2,000 government employees during his tenure and replaced all officials with like-minded men whose beliefs aligned with his thinking. Daniel Webster was staunchly against what the President did and feared that it could set a new precedent for generations to come. Webster believed
"…intoxication with their own supremacy…" -President Lincoln when discussing Caesarian dangers to the republic if overstepping continues to be accepted by the general public. Leaders who run on and get elected to President become so self-absorbed and power hungry that they sometimes overstep their roles and not always get caught.
https://www.healthinsurance.com/Article/FullArticle?a=183628
The article explains how President Obama helped his Affordable Healthcare legislation get through the house even though many politicians did not agree on it. Obama utilized his executive order privilege to protect certain statues currently written into law regarding Abortion. Executive orders not only shows that the President can force their will onto the citizens with the simple order, but can gain the votes of their counterparts in Congress by a sort of give and take. The President can give the majority leader something they want or something that will make that politicians constituents happy, in exchange for a vote in the Presidents favor.
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Coronavirus and social distancing through an autistic lens
Making the necessary adjustments in the midst of this "new normal" is a truly formidable task.
Sam Farmer
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Too many Friday and Saturday nights spent in solitude. Maybe the living room TV is on, or perhaps I keep boredom at bay by getting work done. Maybe I'm practicing piano or refining a newly written song in my recording studio with the door closed so that others in the house aren't disturbed, or I decide to do nothing at all and go to bed early. Either way, on weekends, I am left to my own devices far more often than I would prefer when I would rather be out and about with friends.
These less-than-desirable scenarios are not exclusive to my social distancing experience in the age of COVID-19. They were pertinent to my upbringing and earlier adulthood, during which I was contending with social competency-related challenges which stemmed from an as of yet undiscovered autism spectrum profile. In my book "A Long Walk Down a Winding Road," I collectively refer to these challenges as my "sphere of unawareness and self-absorption." If there ever was a concrete reason for my sense of isolation during these years, this was it.
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As I matured, learned lessons, sought help from behavioral health clinicians and worked towards building self-esteem, the sphere gradually broke down, and consequently, feelings of isolation gradually began to alleviate. Many on the autism spectrum aren't as fortunate as I have been in this respect. Regrettably, the hardships associated with social distancing pervade their daily lives, pandemic or no pandemic.
The cultivation of a personal interest or talent proved to be the difference between loneliness and contentment whenever I was not with friends. This is my greatest hope for all of us while we are confined to our homes as well as for those who deal with perpetual isolation no matter what the circumstances. Music, school work (because of how much academic achievement always meant to me), reading a good book and sports television, particularly Major League Baseball, were my go to pursuits when I felt isolated during my younger years. These passions not only sustained me when the going got tough; they also helped me learn how to love myself. Today, as I would imagine is the case with most of us, I lean heavily on social media, my phone and Zoom videoconferences to stay connected to the people who matter to me.
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Somehow, connecting with people virtually is sufficient to keep me happy as we endure the coronavirus crisis, even though it qualitatively falls well short of face-to-face human interaction. Perhaps this is because I have a wife and a son to spend time with and because I entered into this situation having already experienced more than my share of social isolation while growing up on the autism spectrum. My heart goes out to those less fortunate. I am thinking about them during these trying times.
Many on the autism spectrum in the age of COVID-19 are not merely dealing with the fallout from increased isolation. A good number of us are struggling to cope with the anxiety brought about by drastic changes to our daily routines. The angst that often accompanies the process of transitioning to a new situation can lead to challenging behaviors and meltdowns that are uncharacteristic of the autistic individual's true character. Making the necessary adjustments in the midst of this "new normal" is a truly formidable task. And so I have been thinking a great deal about the community to which I belong, and to which my own son belongs as well. These are particularly trying times for autistic folks and for those who work with, care about and love us.
Looking back, I recall having often felt misunderstood with respect to my desire to connect with people, as is often the case with individuals on the spectrum. Many of the choices I made likely gave the impression that I was fine with being socially isolated. I frequently chose to get work done over mingling with my classmates during free periods at school. During my college years, I usually went to the library or computer center alone and spent many hours alone in practice rooms at the piano, to write music or to develop my vocal technique. However, none of these habits stemmed from choosing to be solitary. Ensemble rehearsals aside, it is typical for serious musicians to practice alone in that doing so is conducive to productivity.
As far as academic achievement was concerned, I found that I could best focus on homework, research papers and exam preparation while doing so alone. Furthermore, one attribute of my spectrum profile is that I work exceptionally slowly, so taking the time to get work done at school was a necessity, not a preference. As for socializing with others when I wasn't working or practicing, there were times when I intentionally avoided opportunities to get together with folks, but only because certain social situations, particularly those that were loud or which involved larger groups of people, were particularly difficult for me to manage, and quite taxing, due to the sensory challenges they presented. In these cases, it was never about me wanting to keep to myself.
As we all push through the adversity of our socially isolated circumstances, let's try to extrapolate from this challenge what it must be like to endlessly live under similar circumstances. Such is the reality, and not by choice, for many on the autism spectrum and others in society who are different. Greater unity, acceptance and understanding, perhaps to an extent not yet seen in recent memory, can arise from shared experience.
Sam Farmer wears many hats, among them father, husband, musician, computer consultant and autism spectrum community contributor. Diagnosed later in life with Asperger's syndrome, he writes blogs, records coaching videos and presents at conferences and support groups for the Asperger/Autism Network. To learn more, visit samfarmerauthor.com.
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Do you ever delete comments on your Hubpages?
Sometimes we get inappropriate or over promoting comments on our hubs, how do you handle the situation?
It's always justified to delete inappropriate or over-promotional comments.
I handle it by deleting them.
They have no way of knowing if an author or moderator enacted the removal.
Some people delete, then post a note explaining why they deleted -- sometimes, even inviting the respondent to clean up the comment and try again, but this is not neccessary.
Others just leave an offensive comment-- just to show others what kind of person the commenter is.
It's your choice. I say delete without regret.
Thank you Rochelle, the hubpages community is a supportive and positive one. Negative comments should not be tolerated!
I have not felt it neccessary to delete any comments yet, but would not hesitate to do so if they were abusive or inapproprate.
Thanks Xstatic, I am feeling less guilty by the minute!
The hub belongs to the author and they can delete comments or not without justification. The work belongs to us and it is up to us to decide what climate we want comments to have. I personally delete negative and commercial comments. I want the climate to be positive, I don't want to argue, nor do I want my hub edited. Arguing can be saved for the forums and if someone finds a glaring error in my hub, I would hope they would contact me personally so I can rectify the error(s).
IMHO, if the comment has totally no relation to your hub or question, you can delete it. That way, it discourages those who spam.
I beleve it is justifiable to delete reader comments if they are off topic, if the commentor is using in appropriate language or attacking other commentors.
I have only deleted one. It was incoherent and I suspect the writer was under the influence and would have been horribly embarrassed if I had left it.
I am hot-wired to be repelled by censorship so I never delete a comment. In my experience the hubbers who do just don't want to hear from anyone who disagrees with them. "Being off topic" is often code for "the discussion is not going where I want it to go."
It's your hub, you can do what you want. I think it's counterproductive to want a lot of comments then delete the ones you don't like.
A few times I was happy to find out I received a comment only to find out it was not a comment at all. The person was promoting something. In those cases I just delete the comment. I have also deleted some negative comments but not just because they did not like my hub.
If I left a comment like "That is stupid. You don't know what you are talking about." then you are justified to delete the comment. Another option would be to comment on the comment and ask them to provide an explanation. However if they don't explain themselves the first time they probably are not going to respond to your comment.
I received a comment like the one above but it was not worded as nicely. Since the hub was based on my personal experiences and the information was clearly based on facts I just deleted the comment. I have rock hard muscles from doing cardio exercises so I wrote a hub about building rock hard muscles doing cardio.
While I don't agree with stacking the deck by only keeping the comments that make you and your hub look the best I do think it is justified to get rid of the comments that are promotional, misleading or do not make any sense.
At rare times yes. I'v deleted 2 comments during my entire time on hubpages. Those comments showed the intellect level of a 2nd grader and the grammar to boot. If a comment is an argument I'll keep it but if it's just insulting and offers no reason why the reader didn't like the hub then it's gone.
Praise and constructive criticism I'll tolerate. Outright negative, abusive comments with foul language directed at me or anyone else? No thanks. I don't want that on my hub. It reflects poorly on the hub as a whole, and can even jeopardize one's affiliate status in some cases. You are responsible for user-submitted content that isn't your own. Spam is also out, no questions asked.
Much like Kathleen Cochran, I am wired against deleting comments. Particularly, if my first urge to delete the comment is simply irritation for the view expressed, because it is offensive or otherwise.
I strongly believe that disagreement and civilizes discussion, even from completely opposite perspectives, leads to the growth of most of those involved. A certain degree of emotion of personal affront should even be tolerated.
There is a theory, the origin of which I cannot remember now, about killing with kindness. Teach others tolerance by tolerating them, no matter how much you might disagree with their argument.
That said, comments made with the sole intention of self-promotion and no genuine intention of engagement, are not in the spirit of this site. Bin them.
I have deleted two comments in the time I have been here. The first was spam, I think. If not spam, it was certainly someone trying to promote something that had nothing to do with my hub. The second comment I deleted was immature, inappropriate bathroom talk, literally. I don't know what that commenter was thinking, but again, it had nothing to do with my hub topic. I didn't feel bad about deleting either comment. It is your hubpage. If you don't want to see the comment, your faithful readers probably won't either. So I say, delete without guilt when you know that deleting is the right thing to do.
Yes, some of them are not real. I have had spam infiltrate somehow. Those I disposed of.
I think it is appropriate to delete comments, if you feel they are offensive, or self promoting. It is a personal decision on the part of the author of the hub, and I think it is our right to be able to remove comments when necessary.
I've only deleted comments when someone is being belligerent or disruptive.
I enjoy discussing things with people who don't agree with me. I learn a great deal about myself and my beliefs, and sometimes about the real world. It helps me grow.
But when someone makes nonsensical claims, doesn't discuss them and then berates those who disagree with them I put a stop to them just as I would to a party crasher who gets rowdy.
I've left the invitation open, though. I tell them that if they behave themselves and discuss things civilly, then they're welcome to return. But some people enjoy their verbal abuse so much, that the constraint is too much for them.
Just like murderers. I don't allow it. You can play so long as you don't kill anyone. But if you insist on murder, then you'll have to leave. Simple.
I get a lot of emails that want to write spam posts on my hubs. Lately, I've gotten an incredible amount of people offering all kinds of compensation. I don't have a problem deleting them, but I have to think about some others .
Thank you for this question, as I have been debating it for awhile now. I'm not here to have people think for me or tell me what I feel or know about myself, and really I am trying to stay positive. I may not be the smartest person on hub pages, but I there are people who deliberately try to make you feel stupid. DELETE sounds good to me. Thanks again for the courage to do so.


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An ode to health workers on the highways of Monterrey, Mexico
Street artist Buffon draws attention to the importance of healthcare workers and how we can all play our part in ending the pandemic.
by Gavi Staff
Buffon's street art
As a hospital worker, the Mexican graffiti artist known as @Buffon92 on Instagram knew what a toll the COVID-19 pandemic would take on health workers. It's fitting that his first piece of COVID-19 street art was of a nurse, a doctor and a laboratory technician – images of healthcare staff he knows personally.
In one of his most striking pieces of pandemic art, he depicts the past, present and future.
It's situated outside one of the most important hospitals in his city, Monterrey, capital of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León, a sprawling industrial centre fringed by mountains.
"I decided to make murals in gratitude to all the health personnel who put their own lives at risk to care for all people," he says. Next to the artwork it says in Spanish, "Sin ustedes no estariamos," which translates to, "Without you, we would not be here."
Does he believe that health workers have been appreciated enough? "I think that health personnel were recognised at the start of the pandemic, but as time went by they were once again forgotten, since people did not do their part to avoid infections, and what they were looking for was only to be able to go out."
People seemed to respond differently to his COVID-19 art. In Mexico, he says, "Art is everywhere and the street is a place of expression. Everywhere you can see it, whether from a tag or graffiti to a very elaborate mural: art has always been present in the streets to transmit either a message of reflection or protest."
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Although street art is not always treated with respect, the artist says that unlike with other subject matters, the COVID-19 pieces have not been touched, and people take pictures of them.
"The past is represented by hands holding a photograph where we can see that her grandmother is giving her a chain, and that now she can only remember it in the photo. The present is represented by the girl making a video call with her grandmother because during the pandemic she could not visit her, and the girl is not wearing a mask. The future is represented by the girl outside a hospital: she is now wearing a mask and trying to give her past self a mask, as she now understands its importance.
Buffon's frustration with people not wearing masks is evident in a piece that just says "Use el pinche cubrebocas," which roughly translates as, "Wear the fucking mask." He says, "Despite the fact that we have nearly gone through two years of the pandemic, people cannot follow a simple instruction that would help stop infections. Sometimes people don't understand that small actions can help change the world. So I decided to leave a clear message for people to see."
All pictures included in this piece displaying Buffon's artwork are courtesy of the artist.
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Charlie D'Amelio age, biography, Wiki, height, net worth, boyfriend
By Harry Onye January 20, 2023
Charlie D'Amelio age, biography, Wiki, height, net worth, boyfriend.
Charlie D'Amelio is a TikTok star from the United States who is well-known for her self-titled channel. She is well-known for her dances with original choreography, montages, and lip-syncs.
Addison Rae and Maximo Rivano are two other popular TikTok creators who have collaborated with her on her channel. She was a member of the TikTok collaborative group The Hype House. She signed with the talent agency UTA in January 2020.
Charlie D'Amelio Age, Biography and Profile summary
Born on 1 May 2004, Charli D'Amelio is 18 years old as of 2022. She was born and brought up in a privileged household based in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. The celeb presently resides in her residence in California, barely two minutes from the Hollywood Hills residence of her parents. Her zodiac sign is Taurus.
Usually, people overlook that she is still in high school since she regularly goes in front of the camera and blends a demanding career with her studies. She was enrolled in the private King School in Stanford, Connecticut. But her crazy schedule and work responsibilities compelled her to switch to online learning.
She was a professional dancer when she joined TikTok, so she is not exactly a newbie in this talent. She started dancing when she was just three years old. It is undeniable that the Hollywood star had her heart set on this childhood interest. Therefore, it is only fitting that stardom knocked on her door.
Name Charli D'Amelio
Full Name Charli Grace D'Amelio
Nick Name Charli
Date of Birth 1 May 2004
Birth Place Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Profession Social Media Star and Dancer
Hometown Connecticut
School King School, Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Education Qualification High School
Charlie D'Amelio Family, Boyfriend & Relationships
Charli D'Amelio belongs to a well-settled family from Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. She is known to hold an American nationality and has her belief in the Christianity religion.
Her father's name is Marc D'Amelio, a businessman by profession and a former Republican Connecticut Senate candidate, and her mother's name is Heidi D'Amelio, a well-known photographer and model.
She also has one older sibling; her sister's name is Dixie D'Amelio.
Charli D'Amelio's marital status is unmarried. Her Boyfriend's name is Chase Hudson; he is also a well-known TikTok star and Hype House co-founder. After a few years of their relationship, they announced their split.
Father Name Marc D'Amelio
Mother Name Heidi D'Amelio
Sister Name Dixie D'Amelio
Boyfriend Chase Hudson
Charlie D'Amelio Physical Appearance
Charli D'Amelio is a hot and gorgeous girl with an attractive and charming personality. She is 5 feet and 6 inches in height, and her body weight is around 55 Kg. She owns an impressive figure with beautifully shaped and curvy figure measurements.
Her figure measurements are approximately 30-26-35 inches. She has beautiful, shiny blonde hair and mesmerizing dark brown colour beautiful eyes.
Height (approx) in centimetres: 170 cm
Charlie D'Amelio Career
Charli D'Amelio started her career as a TikTok star. She started uploading interesting lip-syncing and dancing videos on her TikTok account alongside her close friend. She uploaded her first video, Move With Joy, on the application in 2019.
Since then, she has risen to immense popularity on the TikTok platform, and mostly her video content referred to dancing videos on trending songs. Later in the year, 2019 D'Amelio was signed by Sony Music's management company named Outshine Talent, and in the year 2020, she was signed with United Talent Agency.
In the year 2019, she was also invited by popular singer Bebe Rexha to perform alongside her during the opening performance of the popular American pop band named Jonas Brothers. In the same year, she also started a self-titled YouTube channel.
Later in the year 2020, she made her appearance in a TV commercial for Sabra Hummus and many other celebrities. She, along with her sister, partnered with UNICEF for an anti-bullying campaign, and in the same month, she also released a video titled DistanceDance challenge on her TikTok account and partnered with Procter and Gamble to raise awareness about social distancing during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
After that, she made her acting debut with her appearance in the popular television series The Disney Family Singalong during the promotion of the song from the 2006 musical film High School Musical. The same year she also announced a podcast deal with the Ramble Prodcast network along with her sister.
She and her sister have been featured in the television special Graduate Together America Honor the High School Class of 2020. She also starred as Tinker in the animated children's films StarDog and TurboCat, marking her debut in the film industry. Along with her filming career, she also became the brand ambassador of a popular braces brand named Invisalign and partnered with Morphe cosmetic brand.
She and her sister launched a nail polish brand named Coastal Craze with Orosa Beauty in the year 2020. Along with her professional career, she also works as a philanthropist. She recently expressed her support for the Black Lives Matter movement and participated in various other fundraising and charitable events.
Charlie D'Amelio Awards
Charli D'Amelio has won several popular awards throughout her online career over different social media applications. She won the Streamy Awards for Breakout Creator in the year 2020 and has also been nominated for The Streamy Awards and People's Choice Awards in 2020 for different categories.
She also holds the Guinness World Record for Most Followers on the TikTok application. She has also gained huge popularity and fan following along with her prestigious awards.
Charli D'Amelio Net Worth
As of 2022, Charli D'Amelio's net worth is $20 million. She mainly earns through her TikTok account and YouTube channel. She also earns through her filming, television projects, and competitive dancing shows.
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As permitted by Section 5097(d)(9), increases in an employee's hearing thresholds, as evidenced by an audiogram taken subsequent to a baseline audiogram, may be adjusted (lowered) for presbycusis (hearing loss due to aging). The applicable correction values at various ages and sound frequencies are included in Table F. If the employer chooses to adjust an employee's audiogram pursuant to Section 5097(d)(9), the employer shall follow the procedure described below.
(2) Finding the age at which the baseline audiogram was taken and recording the corresponding age correction values.
(c) Subtract the values found in (b) from the hearing threshold values of the most recent audiogram.
When the adjustment of an audiogram for hearing loss due to aging is performed for the purpose of determining whether a standard threshold shift has occurred, the above-described calculations may be restricted to the 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz frequencies. If the average of the hearing threshold values at 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz found in step (c), above, is equal to or greater than 10, then the employee has exhibited a standard threshold shift, and the employer must comply with various provisions of Section 5097(d) as well as certain other requirements such as Sections 5098(a)(2)(B)2 and (b)(3).
1. New Appendix F filed 10-3-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 41).


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Q: github auto authentication with personal access tokens doesn't work I have followed the explanation here for setting up auto authentication of github on my CLI (on Linux, Ubuntu). In particular, I executed the command given here:
gh auth login
And then I answered Github.com, yes, HTTPS, and my authentication token to the prompts.
This seems to work: It states "Configured git protocol" and "Logged in as ...".
However, when I then write git clone <myrepo>, it asks me again for my username and password.
What am I doing wrong? My understanding was that the gh aut login command is supposed to prevent me from having to type the login data each time.

A: found in the Github CLI Docs:
after you run gh auth login then run this command
gh auth setup-git

A: In my case it was solved by adding at the end of the file ~/.gitconfig the following:
[credential "https://github.com"]
    helper =
    helper = !/snap/bin/gh auth git-credential

Modify /snap/bin/gh with your real path (I've seen others having it in /usr/bin/gh)

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